Waterblack | Alex Pheby

‘A fitting conclusion to one of the landmark works of experimental fantasy of the twenty-first century.’ —Strange Horizons

‘A magnificent and intellectual delight brimming with outlandish notions. He’s made me laugh, gasp, and hold back tears. What more could I want?’ —Locus Magazine

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All My Precious Madness | Mark Bowles

SHORTLISTED for the Goldsmiths Prize 2024 | The James Tait Black Prize 2025 | The Authors’ Society Best First Novel Award

‘Unapologetically erudite and frequently brutal... a devastating satire on the way in which class, education and masculinity act as a kind of trap.’ —The Telegraph

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Mary and the Rabbit Dream | Noémi Kiss-Deáki

‘A delight: cunning, curious, cunicular.’ —The Telegraph

‘Mary and the Rabbit Dream catches the absurdity of the case and the systemic cruelty of “the state of things” in eighteenth-century England … but the subversive wit she turns on the men is what makes this novel sing.’ —Times Literary Supplement

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Beasts of England | Adam Biles

‘A timely and worthy successor to Animal Farm.’ —The Observer

‘[Adam Biles] takes the code of Orwell’s 1949 book and makes them into something thrilling of his own.’ —The Sunday Times

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The Book of Desire | Meena Kandasamy

‘Breath-taking… This classic, singing so freely of love and desire, has finally found the right translator – a poet who burns with as much fire as the ancients did.’ —The Financial Times

‘Transcendent. … One of the most startling treats among January’s releases is The Book of Desire, Meena Kandasamy’s Tamil ode to female love and desire.’ —The Independent

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A Writer’s Diary | Toby Litt

‘An extraordinary record of life’s minitiae… a treasury of wisdom about the writing life.’ —The Spectator

‘Not quite a notebook, not quite a diary, not quite a novel... a rich and risky book. Brilliant.’ —The Irish Times

‘A hugely readable achievement.’ —The Guardian

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My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is | Paul Stanbridge

‘A singular and striking book.’ —The Spectator

‘Quizzical and pedantic, antiquarian and rhapsodic, galactic and trivial… My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is shows, from many glancing angles, how one life exists inside another, in ways invisible to the forensic scientist.’ —The TLS

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Malarkoi | Alex Pheby

‘It’s become abundantly clear that Pheby is producing something unusual, something original, something extraordinary with this trilogy.’ —Locus Magazine

‘[Alex Pheby] follows Mordew with another super-smart piece of literary fantasy.’—The Observer

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After Sappho | Selby Wynn Schwartz

LONGLISTED for the Booker Prize 2022

SHORTLISTED for the James Tait Black Prize 2023 | The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2023

‘‘Breathlessly, carnally beautiful… Something new and necessary.’ —The Guardian

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English Magic | Uschi Gatward

SHORTLISTED for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2022

‘This exquisite debut invites us to trust our imaginations.’ —The Guardian

‘The boundary between the earthly and the eerie is thin in this, Uschi Gatward’s uneasy, excellent debut collection.’ —The Daily Mail

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Things are against us | Lucy Ellmann

‘She’s out to foment revolution, and this book is nothing less than a manifesto.’ —The Observer

‘A wickedly funny, rousing, depressing, caps-driven work of linguistic gymnastics hellbent on upbraiding the deleterious forces of the prevailing misogyny.’ —The Guardian

‘Caustic, clever... a satirist and polemicist in the Swiftian tradition.’ —The TLS

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Mordew | Alex Pheby

 ‘Brilliant… Extraordinary… An extravagant and unnerving marvel.’ —The Guardian

‘Outstanding. … Magical… An utter delight. [Mordew] takes the framework of British fantasy and pushes at it. You finish desperate to read more.’ —The i

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Insignificance | James Clammer

‘A brilliant look at family, mental health, and mid-life, Insignificance is a marvel. —Mark Haber

‘An impressive, uncompromising performance.’ —The Sunday Times

‘An impressive, moving and often troubling exploration of family tensions.’ —Literary Review

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Patience | Toby Litt

SHORTLISTED for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2020

‘A genuine revelation.’ —The TLS

‘‘Fresh, unusual, and completely charming.’ —The Irish Times

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Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann

WINNER of the Goldsmiths Prize 2019 | The James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction 2020

SHORTLISTED for the Booker Prize 2019 | The Orwell Prize for Political Fiction 2020 | The RSL Ondaatje Prize for Fiction 2020

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Francis Plug: Writer in Residence | Paul Ewen

‘One thinks of Goethe, one thinks of Shelley: one thinks of Plug. He is a force of nature, he is sage, bard and prophet: he is in addition a random menace, and at all times you need to know exactly where he is. They say there are no statues to critics. But the fourth plinth awaits Francis. Perhaps he can be chained to it.’ —Hilary Mantel

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Lucia | Alex Pheby

WINNER of the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2018

‘A writer possessed of unusual – indeed, extraordinary – powers.’ —The Guardian

‘Intensely moving… luminously delicate… A daring investigation of consciousness, agency, selfhood, mental disorder, medical callousness and misogyny.’ —The TLS

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Tinderbox | Megan Dunn

‘Wonderful, restless… genuinely dazzling.’ —Review 31

‘Megan Dunn is a comic genius.’ —Metro

we are the end | Gonzalo C. Garcia

‘A unique and breath-taking talent.’ —Scarlett Thomas

‘Unexpectedly sympathetic… consistently funny… A wryly funny debut novel explores the relationship between real and virtual worlds through the angst of a video game writer.’ —The Guardian

we that are young | preti taneja

WINNER of the Desmond Elliot Prize for Fiction 2018

SHORTLISTED for the Jan Michalski Prize 2018 | The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2018

‘Revelatory. Urgent and irresistible. … One of the most exquisite and original novels of the year.’ —The Sunday Times

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Forbidden Line | Paul Stanbridge

WINNER of the Inaugural Republic of Consciousness First Novel Award 2017

LONGLISTED for the Desmond Elliot Prize 2017

‘Hefty and highly entertaining... A novel that bursts with invention.’ —The TLS

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Feeding time | Adam Biles

‘A megawatt talent.’ —The Guardian

‘Riotous.’ —The Irish Times, Books of the Year 2016

‘A dazzling work on the dismal decay, and humour, of old age.’ —The Millions

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Playthings | Alex Pheby

SHORTLISTED for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016

‘Arguably the best neuronovel ever written [and also] simply a superb novel tout court, Kafkaesque in its nightmarish fluency.’ —Literary Review

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The Weightless World | Anthony Trevelyan

SHORTLISTED for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015

‘Trevelyan’s prose is wholly readable, with wonderful, concise details that conjure full moments in perfect little capsules.’ —Dublin Inquirer

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Wrote for Luck | D. J. Taylor

SHORTLISTED for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize 2015

‘These short stories are sophisticated morsels of modern life, needle-sharp, and touchingly aware of the social subtext... Excellent.’ —The Times

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Francis Plug: How to be a public author | Paul Ewen

‘A modern comic masterpiece.’  —New Statesman 

‘Inspired. A brilliant, deranged new comic creation. The funniest book I’ve read in years.’ —The Sunday Times

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Randall | Jonathan Gibbs

LONGLISTED for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015

‘Gibbs has produced the sort of novel you pray for as a reviewer.’ —The Guardian

‘Long awaited and well worth the wait.’ —Geoff Dyer

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Everlasting Lane | Andrew Lovett

‘Beautifully written, and as charming as it is dark, the novel unwraps the endless secrets that elude a child.’ —Kirkus Reviews

A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing | Eimear McBride

WINNER of the Goldsmiths Prize 2013 | The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 | The Desmond Elliott Prize for Fiction 2014 | The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Fiction 2014 | The Kerry Group Irish Book of the Year 2014

‘In all respects, a heresy — which is to say, Lord above, it’s a future classic.’ —The New York Times

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The White Goddess: An Encounter | Simon Gough

SHORTLISTED for the 2013 Pen Ackerley Prize for Fiction

‘Extraordinary... an almost mythic, dangerous tale of love and worship.’ —BBC Radio 4 

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